Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-11

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $134.03/cwt on 438 head.

Average price

$134.03

438 head · 648 lb average

Value per head Derived

$868

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$33

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$5.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.94

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	615	137.81	847	127
Medium and Large 2	639	133.40	852	48
Medium and Large 1-2	665	132.32	881	263

One grade step is worth $5.49/cwt here — about −$33 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale438 hd

134.03

—

GA average16 barns · 1,421 hd

134.97

−0.94

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

15 lots · USDA AMS · Northeast Georgia Livestock Special Feeder Cattle Sale - Athens, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	769	111.75/cwt	111.75–111.75	859	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	705	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	102.75/cwt	102.75–102.75	880	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	861	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	629	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	135.70/cwt	135.70–135.70	756	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	120.60/cwt	120.00–123.00	777	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	939	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	788	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	798	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	133.40/cwt	133.40–133.40	852	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	878	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	917	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	691	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	112.75/cwt	112.75–112.75	1,020	49

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Northeast Georgia Livestock Special Feeder Cattle Sale - Athens, GA

Thu Jun 11, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	769	111.75	111.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	571	123.50	123.50
32	—	856	102.75	102.75
56	—	755	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	461	136.50	136.50
99	—	557	135.70	135.70
108	—	644	120.00–123.00	120.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	747	125.75	125.75
91	—	559	141.00	141.00
13	—	771	119.00	119.00
43	—	459	150.50	150.50
49	—	905	112.75	112.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	562	142.00	142.00
76	—	650	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	639	133.40	133.40

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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